park.
“… … .”
Aaron was sitting on the mat blankly.
Aaron declined the guild members’ offer. He brushed them off and went out with his family.
“… … .”
Aaron watched his wife and son playing with the kite from the other side.
Aaron had been with us until a little while ago, but when he became tired from his first outdoor activity in a long time, his wife sent him off to rest.
Throughout the large park, children were often seen running around holding cheap kites sold at nearby stores.
His wife and son were mixed in the scenery.
Like a normal family.
“after…….”
Aaron sighed and touched his forehead.
Now, I’ve decided not to worry about the game side, or the Wings Online side.
When colleagues who had been with me through thick and thin for years came to me and begged me, I was naturally shaken.
“dad.”
At that moment, my son, Hyunmin, came over to me. He was still holding the kite in his hand.
“Yeah, Hyunmin.”
Aaron sat up and looked around.
“Your mother?”
“He went to the convenience store. He said he bought something to drink.”
Aaron smiled bitterly.
The wife intentionally created time for Hyunmin and Aaron to be alone together.
I guess it means that the two of them should become a little closer… … .
“Okay, what do you want to do with Dad? Do you want to keep flying kites? Or… … .”
“dad.”
At that moment, Hyunmin whispered softly.
“Don’t you have to go?”
“… … .”
Aaron was frozen.
“Where are you going… … .”
“It’s Wings Online.”
Hyunmin looked up at Aaron with the inscrutable, clear eyes of a man his age.
“Actually, it bothers you?”
“… …Hyunmin.”
Aaron bit his lip.
“I… … am now back with you and your mother.”
“… … .”
“You’ve been playing that game for five years, leaving your family behind. You must have resented me a lot, right? I won’t go anymore. Don’t worry. I promise.”
But Hyunmin shook his head slightly.
“No. Go, Dad. There are people who really need you.”
Hyunmin smiled slightly after saying that.
“Dad, do you know that?”
“what……?”
“Who are my friends’ favorite VR world streamers?”
Aaron’s eyes widened.
“This is Aaron.”
“… … .”
“Whether it’s school or an academy, everyone talks about their dads, and during break time, they watch their dads’ broadcasts.”
Hyunmin’s hand holding the kite trembled.
“I didn’t tell anyone, but I was actually secretly proud.”
“… … .”
“It wasn’t because Dad was popular. It was because Dad was cool. Helping the weak, protecting people… … Champion Aaron.”
Aaron’s hands trembled slightly.
“Hyunmin, your dad… … .”
Aaron was about to say, “That’s not that kind of person,” but then stopped himself.
The face of the dead Hyunwoo was superimposed on Hyunmin’s face.
Aaron’s fist clenched.
“Let’s go, Dad. Aren’t you a hero of justice?”
Hyunmin gestured toward the park entrance.
“Everyone is waiting.”
“… … .”
Aaron, who was angry at this, slowly got up.
“Don’t you resent me?”
When Aaron asked in a hoarse voice, Hyunmin did not answer right away.
Instead, he smiled faintly.
“When you get back… … I’ll tell you about my brother.”
“… … .”
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“Other stories too.”
Aaron reached out and patted Hyunmin’s head.
“sorry.”
Aaron turned around and saw his wife standing in front of him. Reading her husband’s intentions from his face, she shook her head.
“I told you I would stop.”
“… … .”
“You promised to come to us now!”
Aaron hugged his wife like that once.
“I’ll come back. I’ll definitely come back. I won’t leave now. So, just one last time.”
“… … .”
“It’s… different than before. I know that the game will end someday. I’m going to finish it off.”
The wife looked at her husband’s face for a while, then opened her mouth with a bitter smile.
“Come back before dinner. We’re going to eat together today.”
Aaron broke free of the hug and slowly walked toward the park entrance.
Hyunmin came and stood next to his wife. The child held his mother’s hand tightly.
At the park entrance, guild members were waiting.
Aaron stood before him with a stern face.
* * *
Aaron’s broadcast, which had been off for several days, suddenly turned on.
As expected from the most popular broadcaster of our time, viewers flocked to the broadcast in an instant.
As usual, the blond, muffler-wearing swordsman stood calmly in the center of the screen.
“Hello, everyone. This is Aaron.”
Aaron waited until a certain number of viewers had come in and spoke softly.
“I have a confession to make today… … It’s my story.”
Aaron began to speak slowly.
How did you get started with Wings Online?
The death of a son, and how he inherited his son’s dream.
How I struggled to become a ‘hero of justice’…
And in the process, what dirty things have been done.
“The first season I became the champion of the martial arts tournament, I exploited a bug.”
Aaron calmly told everything truthfully.
The fact that both he and Cain had bugs. Cain didn’t know about them, but he knew about them and exploited them.
“It was the same after that. I wrote bugs, exploited rules… … After I gained popularity, I even pressured them to change the brackets as I pleased.”
He revealed all his shortcomings without hiding anything.
It took a long time to tell everything that happened over the past five years.
By the time the story ended, a huge number of viewers were watching his broadcast.
The chat room was a mess, with both criticism and support for him.
“I apologize to all of the people involved… … for all my mistakes. I will meet with all the parties involved and apologize, and if necessary, I will go through the process to compensate them.”
Aaron tried to take it all in stride.
“Everyone, I am not a hero of justice. I am not capable of being that kind of person in the first place.”
Aaron slowly bowed his head.
“I am just a human being who carries the dream of my dead son on my back, sacrifices everything else for that goal, and runs blindly… … That is all I am.”
There was silence for a moment.
“But I… … .”
Aaron added with difficulty.
“I really loved this game. No, I still do.”
There was a bitter smile on his lips.
“It was an empty game play that I started without any intention of my own, for the sake of my son’s dream… … but before I knew it, it became really fun. Really, every day was enjoyable.”
To become a champion, he committed evil deeds.
However, the things he has done in the past, such as protecting users and maintaining order, were undoubtedly good deeds.
Viewers were confused.
He deserved to be criticized, but at the same time he did the right thing.
“Everyone, the reason I turned on the broadcast today and honestly confessed everything about myself… …is to ask you one favor.”
Aaron bowed again to those viewers.
“I am neither a champion nor a hero of justice. I am asking you as an ordinary person… …an ordinary user who loves Wings Online.”
Aaron spoke with power.
“This is your last chance to revive this game. We need every single one of you to log in.”
Please connect to the game.
Join the final war to protect the game.
“Please help us protect Wings Online.”
Aaron slowly sat up and smiled bitterly.
“That’s all. Well then, see you in the game.”
And then, the broadcast ended.
* * *
“… … So, I did a broadcast and came back to the game.”
Beginner’s Village.
Aaron, who logged into the game for the first time in a long time, looked around with a bewildered look.
The beginner village was empty.
The trapped users had already escaped. And the entrance to the village was still blocked by the Demon King’s monsters.
“The situation is still the same… … .”
Aaron sighed and immediately drew his sword.
“I have to try it anyway.”
Aaron slowly started walking towards the monsters at the village entrance. Nothing would change if he just sat still.
So Aaron decided to struggle.
at that time.
Doo doo doo doo doo-!
“… … ?”
The sound of horse hooves was heard from afar.
Cookie Cutter!
A series of users appeared, trampling over the monsters that had blocked the entrance to the beginner village.
The user in the lead quickly broke through the monsters’ siege and ran into the beginner village.
“I came to get you, Aaron.”
“White Knight… … !”
“Everyone is waiting. Go quickly.”
The white knight, having said that, looked around with a smirk.
“Well, I guess there was no need for me to come and rescue you.”
“yes?”
The next moment, the inside of the beginner village flashed… …and a huge number of users began to appear.
They all greeted Aaron in the middle of the village.
“Aaron!”
“I’m here to help, Aaron!”
“I enjoyed the broadcast! Let’s do it together!”
The white knight was also receiving reports from various places while Aaron was watching blankly.
“Aaron, I hear that users are reconnecting from all cities. You are truly a champion.”
“White Knight… … .”
“Now, take command of the alliance again.”
Aaron hesitated for a moment at the white knight’s words, then climbed up onto the platform in the middle of the village and raised his sword upward.
“All hands! March to Punk Heat! Let’s take back our city!”
Woooooooo-!
The users of the Union and those gathered in the beginner village cheered together.
Looking at that sight, the white knight took a step back and chuckled inside his helmet.
“Now… … all the actors are gathered.”
* * *
Punk hit.
“Lord Cain.”
Dearan cautiously approached Cain, who was resting while lying on the gate.
“The enemy is coming.”
“Tch.”
Cain sat up irritably and relaxed his neck and shoulders.
“You don’t even get tired. If you had failed at this point, you would have given up… … .”
“There are a lot more of them this time.”
“Ha, I heard that Aaron speech too. He was appealing for participation in the war.”
Aaron publicly acknowledged and apologized for what happened in the final that day.
Of course, Cain saw it all. He didn’t intend to forgive me now, but he admitted his mistake with his own mouth.
“If you say that and gather troops, how much will you gather…?”
Cain, who muttered and got up, fell straight down in front of the gate.
“The operation will proceed as planned. Provide support from the wall. I will block from the front.”
“No, Cain. Just a moment… … !”
“It doesn’t matter how many come. We’ll just slaughter them all.”
Cain went down the wall without even listening to Dearan’s words.
And look straight ahead.
“… … ?”
I doubted my own eyes.
A massive crowd of users, the likes of which I had never seen before, were rushing towards Punk Heat, shouting all at once.
Just the fact that users were running towards each other made the ground shake as if an earthquake had occurred.
There were so many of them that they looked like a huge mass.
Cain muttered quietly without realizing it.
“No, this is a bit too much.”
Woohoooooooooo-!
The next moment, a wave of humans engulfed Punkhit.
